Daulatabad

Daulatabad ('fortunate city'), a town and fort in the Deccan, within the Nizam's dominions, 28 miles NW. of Hyderabad. The fortress consists of a conical rock, 600 feet high, with a wide ditch and an outer wall nearly 3 miles in circumference. The place surrendered to the Mohammedans in 1294, and Shah Muhammad Tughlak (1324-51) thrice attempted to remove the seat of government hither from Delhi. The fortress has not been garrisoned now for many years, and the town has greatly decayed. Pop. 1243.